SEA-TO-SKY HIGHWAY

Canada is a natural theme park. It hosts endless mountaintop vistas, dark skies perfect for stargazing, and beautiful waterfalls. Canada's natural wonders are scattered across each province and are usually just a couple of hours away.

One would be hard-pressed to find a single government forecast for the Sea-to-Sky highway project ($195 million over its first estimate), the Port Mann or the South Fraser Perimeter Road that has been met.

How did B.C. end up in the peculiar situation of having to rely on the private sector to oversee private sector construction companies working on public sector infrastructure projects, potentially signing off on billions of tax dollars in cost overruns along the way?

The B.C. government has placed two bets over the Site C project: one that B.C. Hydro can keep construction costs to $8.8 billion, and, two, that it can find customers for the power. Left to cover the ante? Taxpayers.

WHISTLER, B.C. - A woman in her late 30s has been airlifted to hospital in critical condition after a serious crash in Whistler, B.C.Whistler RCMP responded to a call just before 7:30 a.m. Sunday abou...

A powerful winter storm caused traffic mayhem on B.C.'s Sea to Sky highway Sunday. While the snow may be a boon for ski resorts, many motorists found themselves at a standstill, often due to cars with...

Four Porsche drivers caught speeding on the Sea-to-Sky highway on Saturday have had their vehicles impounded, just one week after West Vancouver police warned a similar group of speeding Porsche drive...

The driver of a pickup truck involved in a deadly head-on collision with a limousine outside Whistler last month was allegedly drunk and claimed to be high on LSD at the time of the crash, CBC News ha...

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